In reply to an Right to Information (RTI ) application filed by city-based teacher Arvind Rana, who is also the president of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers Welfare Association (SSATWA), UT, it has come to notice that the teachers working under the SSA scheme are entitled to the same benefits as regular teachers. However, they have been deprived of these benefits, for around two years, because of education department's ignorance.

Rana had filed the application to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) relating to sanction junior basic teachers (JBT primary), trained graduate teachers (TGT, upper primary), and their appointment procedures and duties.